The Trollshaws were the wooded, hilly country east of the river Hoarwell in Eriador, a wild and ill-reputed land through which the road to Rivendell passed. There, in an earlier age, Bilbo and Thorin's company were waylaid by three trolls -- Tom, Bert, and William -- and were saved only when Gandalf, mimicking their voices in the dark, kept them quarrelling until the sun rose and turned them to stone. The petrified trolls still stood in a clearing when Frodo's company passed by years afterward.
Trollshaws, Eriador में Hoarwell river के east की wooded और hilly country थी—जंगली तथा बदनाम भूमि, जिससे Rivendell की road गुजरती थी। पहले के Age में Bilbo और Thorin का दल वहाँ तीन trolls—Tom, Bert और William—के जाल में फँसा। Gandalf ने अंधकार में उनकी voices की नकल कर उन्हें sunrise तक झगड़ाते रखा, जब sun ने उन्हें stone बना दिया। वर्षों बाद Frodo का दल गुजरा तो petrified trolls अब भी clearing में खड़े थे।